Shoe display devices



Sept. 17, 1963 H. M. FlSK SHOE DISPLAY DEVICES Filed June 2, 1961 IN VEN TOR.

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United States Patent 3,104,013 SHOE DISPLAY DEVICES Hal M. Fisk, 3764Shatter Ave, Oakland, Calif. Filed June 2, 1961, Ser. No. 114,537 1Claim. (Cl. 211-37) This invention relates to improvements in devicesfor attractively displaying shoes in store windows, shoe shops and inthe shoe departments of stores, and provides an ornamental, shoealigning combination, with which a shoe merely needs be hooked frombeneath and outwandly and released, the shoe automatically gaining itsown most attractive display position.

It is well known that many types of display devices for shoes have beenand are being used, usually being supported by the heel on a rack orslanting shelf, which permits showing shoes only in one position unlessthe display device is turned about its vertical My invention can be usedto display both, a front and a side view of a pair of shoes, and anydesired number of difierent shoes can be displayed on a single displaydevice, since it can be produced in various forms, such as integral witha standard on which shoes can be displayed on one to four sides, and ona peg board on which any number of shoes can be displayed, thusproviding a display device.

The objects and advantages of the invention are as follows:

First, to provide a display device on which a shoe need merely be hookedwith the shoe automatically aligning land positioning itself in the mostartfully displayed position.

Second, to provide a display device as outlined by which shoes may bedisplayed on any or all sides of a standard or the like, to displayboth, front and side views of the shoes if desired.

Third, to provide a display device which is adaptable for use inconnection with peg board, through the medium of which a great manydiiTere-nt shoes can be displayed in a comparatively small space.

In describing the invention reference will be had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is :a tront elevation of a standard with the invention shown asapplied to three sides thereof.

'FIG. 2 illustrates a modification of the invention as applied to astandard.

FIG. 3 illustrates a modification in which both types of supports areshown as applied to a peg board, and shown full size.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged View of the self-locking peg for mounting on a pegboard.

FIG. 5 is a section taken on line 55 of FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is an end view of FIG. 4.

The invention includes a vertical support and tan inverted hook having abase attachable to the support, with the hook having a fulcrum providedon its inner end which is spaced from the support, and on which fulcrumthe heel portion of a shoe is supportable, with the bottom of the recessforming the hook providing a stop for the top of the heel portion orcounter, and with the latter point so locatedlas to cause the heel torest against the standard or other support, one type of hook beingindicated at 10, and another at 11, the type shown at 12 being merelybroader and more ornamental, and consisting of a plate-like'mem berhaving a base coopenative with the vertical support and having a recessformed outwardly and upwardly from the lower end of the base, with theupper end of the base attach-able to the vertical support, and theportion below the recess terminating in spaced relation to the supportto form a hook to receive the back end of a shoe in the recess, with thebottom of the recess providing a stop for the top edge of the back endof the shoe, and the inner end of the hook providing a fulcrurn, all ofwhich depend on two specific points, the fulcrum 13 on the type 10, 14on the type 11, and 15 on type 12, and each having a stop, indicated at1 6 on type 10, 17 on type 11 and 18 on type 12, with the distance :fromthe support 19, 20 or 21 to the point 16, 17 or 18, measured at rightangles to the support, being approximately one and a half inches forwomens pumps, and which also applies to mens Oxfords, while forchildrens shoes, the distance would be reduced because of the lesserheight of the counter portion.

With the inverted hooks so arranged, the top of the counter portion willrest against the points 16, -17 or 18, the inside of the counter restingon the fulcrum 13, 14 or 15, with the hack of the shoe and bottom of theheel resting against the support as indicated respectively at 22 and 23.

As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, the invention is formed integral withthe standard, while in FIG. 3 the invention can be :applied to standardsprovided with suitable passages, or to any perforated support, such aspeg board 21, which also can be formed of ornamental material, such asplastic, glass, or panel board.

FIGS. 3, 4, 5 land 6 illustrate the invention in detail as applicable toany type of support having suitable passages for the anchoring shafts,the shaft having opposed front and rear eccentrics 24 land 25, withintervening cylindrical portion 26-, the front eccentric being in adependent position to provide a front fulcrum, and the rear eccentric 25being in the opposite position and having an upwardly projectingengaging and locking element 27 to engage the back wall of the support,with the maximum diameter through the rear eccentric and the engagingelement being such as to permit passage through the passage 28 in thesupport, the eccentrics being smaller in diameter than the passage.

Thus the shaft can be inserted through the passage when tilted upwardly,and when released will lock in position through engagement of theengaging element with the back or" the support, with the load beingapplied on the eccentric 24 coupled with reaction through the eccentric25.

'1 claim: In a shoe display device including a vertical support, shoesupporting means comprising a plate-like member having a base forattachment to the support, and having a recess formed diagonally upwardand outward from the lower end of the base, with the portion below therecess terminating in spaced relation to the support, to form aninverted hook terminating in a fulcrum, with the lzgck end of a shoeinsertable in said recess and rwi the inner end of the recess providinga stop for the top of the back end of the shoe, with the shoe supportedby said fulcrum, with the heel portion of the shoe resting against thevertical support the support having a back, and having a passage formedtherethrough, means for attaching the shoe supporting means to thesuppont, comprising a shaft projecting rearw ardly from the upper end ofthe base and having front and rear opposed eccentrics with a maximumdiameter through the eccentrics to provide for passage through thepassage, with the tront eccentric in the dependent position, and therear eccentric having an upward projection to engage the back of thesupp crt with 3 r 4 said rear eccentric and upward projection having aproviding for installation and removal of shoe suprrnaximum diameter topass through the passage when porting means at will. F Suppomng means istilted upwardly and References Cited in the file of this patent wrt theshoe supporting means supported by the front ec- 5 UNETED STATES PATENTScentric coupled with reaction through the rear eccen- 386,850 SanfordJuly 31, 1888 tric when \a shoe is mounted in the device, thus 2,117,630Sapeer May 17, 1938

